Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Diam: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim; exterior fire-polished; cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.659
Not on View
DescriptionShallow hemispherical bowl. Natural greenish-yellow. Upright rim with rounded edge, sloping obliquely out-ward; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, two lightly abraded horizontal grooves in a band around the lower body.
Natural greenish-yellow.
DESCRIPTION Shallow hemispherical bowl. Upright rim with rounded edge, sloping obliquely out-ward; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the ex-terior, two lightly abraded horizontal grooves in a band around the lower body.
TECHNIQUE Sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and the top
of the rim; exterior fire-polished; cut on both surfaces.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 216, p. 205.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
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